Mauve 👁💜 @mauve@mastodon.mauve.moe
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Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Exploring what a local-first cyberspace might look like in my spare time.
Joined Apr 2022
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If you drag an emoji family with a string size of 11 into an input with maxlength=10, one of the children will disappear.
@cwebber@octodon.social Does guix make it easy to distribute to Mac/Windows in addition to different flavors of Linux by any chance?
@cwebber@octodon.social I feel like there's a lot of downsides to end users by having this restriction which would reduce adoption outside of tech people that care about this stuff very strongly.
In my experience the average person want's to do as little as possible to get something running. It's why app stores and websites are so popular IMO.
@cwebber@octodon.social Yeah totally. I appreciate it when I can just clone a repo and run `make && make install`.
Sometimes it's a huge pain in the ass if they expect you to have a specific OS/distro with a specific set of packages installed. 😭
@cwebber@octodon.social Just got whiplash imagining a world where I have to compile electron and chromium from source to install a shitty desktop app 🤣
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Putting money into personal or community-owned infrastructure is a better hedge against inflation than any kind of money investment.
Money can be subverted by numerous legalistic, bureaucratic, or financial tools and means.
Physical infrastructure is the means by which we can build the tools of self-determinatiom.
If you have a community, establish infrastructure.
If you have infrastructure, find or establish a community.
Together, we are strong.
What will you build, and with whom?
Cool article on ChatGPT and Large Language Models. It does a good job of putting some of the worries I've had about people's misconceptions of how they work into words.
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-web
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Is there a software or an app that, given a URL, can download the main body of text in a simple (e.g. markdown or minimal html) format?
Been thinking about link rot, I want to archive some interesting articles, social media posts, etc.
Any reason I shouldn't get a #SteamDeck to replace my lil Intel NUC setup? Mostly for some dev workflows and having it docked into my large screen + my BT keyboard and trackpad.
Also been thinking it'd be handy to have for basic #VR with #Monado and some sort of cheap headset like an #NReal Light
Starting to think AI was a conspiracy cooked up by Big GPU to sell people more GPUs sincr cryptomining isn't as fashionable these days.
At least the beefy GPUs will be doing something more funky
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Also, I’m now referring to instances as “community servers”.
Admins and devs might prefer “instances”, but this is confusing to everyone else.
What people need to know is that they can run their own community on a “server” that they control.
@technobaboo Yeah..... I really hope they don't get any extra slowdowns. I'm just waiting to get one of these things.
It sucks that Facebook's thing is the main thing that people can just buy and use. At least it's still not great for productivity. :P
@technobaboo That's perfect! Yeah, that's exactly the sort of thing I wish was out in the wild.
XR Linux only using old headsets seems like a big barrier to entry atm. :/
I really wish I could just buy something like a simula and get going without having to run a bunch of scripts and stress about compatibility.
@olm_e I'm not sure if we're talking about the same Hololens. The one I used had the compute pack built into it :o Not like the other WMR headsets out there.
I appreciate that xrdestkop tries to support headsets, but in reality it's just the vive and index that are usable and even those aren't perfect.
Have you tried using any of the MWR headsets with it? I was under the impression stuff like SLAM was barely figured out there.
Windows sucks but at least I can get a CLI and a browser there. :P
@technobaboo What software does NorthStar have which I can just pick up and use tomorrow? Stardust seems to be the most advanced thing I've seen but honestly setting it up is way too daunting even if I could get my hands on hardware for it.
What hardware does xrdesktop work on right now that I can just buy and plug in? I've only seen tech demos and it generally seems like you need to rely on ancient lighthouse based headsets tethered to a desktop computer that requires hours of setup to run.
@olm_e From all those things I think Simula is going to be the best option once they actually release, but I was really hoping that there would be something out there already. 😅
@olm_e The thing that I liked about the hololens is that it just works out of the box. Norhtstar doesn't have software or hardware figured out.
SimulaVR doesn't have hardware yet and is Linux only.
XRDesktop also has almost no hardware support that I'm aware of (in particular for mobile use cases).
Lynx-R1 has hardware, but it doesn't have much software and only supports Android apps. :P
I just want a cli and browser and honestly the Hololens was the closest to that. Just too small a screen.
@vbatts Cool yeah. I see a lot of headsets along those lines that connect to external computers, but I haven't seen much along the form factor of a hololens where the computer is fully built in.
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Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Exploring what a local-first cyberspace might look like in my spare time.
Joined Apr 2022
